Released in pre-YouTube 2003, this short Finnish film is a seriously creepy take on a fairly ridiculous premise. Watching this makes me count my blessings for the fact that I live in the age of streaming video, which lets me watch amazing flicks from the world over with the click of a mouse.

"Just before the first snow of winter falls, professional hunters begin their work. The long process of tracking, hunting and transforming this king of the forest into a finished product is a time consuming process, but the final outcome is a reason to celebrate."

Some very important pieces of advice to keep in mind before you
embark on your own Star Wars saga! This poster is perfect addition for
any star wars fan’s wall (young or old!).

This illustration by ChattyNora is produced using gold pen on GF
Smith Ebony Black colorplan 270gsm card. It measures approx 26cm x 35cm
(10.2in x 13.8in). Colorplan is made from 100% virgin ECF fibres. ECF
fibre is an acid-free and chlorine-free product, it also has FSC
accreditation.

Please note: this is NOT printed, they are drawn with pen. With this
in mind no two will ever be quite the same! Your poster will be signed
and dated, packed in a protective polythene sleeve and rolled into a
poster tube to prevent damage.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Superman, Spiderman or Batman tells the story of a 5 year old boy named Aron who goes on a journey at the end of which he hopes to save his mother from a serious heart condition. The short film was entirely shot in the city of Cluj Napoca, and it's being showered with awards, including the Best European Short Film award during the 25th European Film Awards, the Aspen Shortfest 2012 trophy, and the the European Discovery award.

The central flower pod of the Lotus Conference Centre,
over 30m high internally, is activated and comes to a feature
culmination with this 7m tall chandelier and sculptural object. Hanging
from the central junction of the four pod petals, the light is a
biological, geometrical focus of the structure and spatial design.

In its 17th edition, The Association “Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs” invited the brightest personalities from the worlds of fashion,
architecture and design to create their own unique Christmas trees. Their creations are then auctioned off at a benefit gala in Paris, composed of prestigious guests.

The event is an initiative of Marie-Christiane Marek, fashion broadcaster.

Have you ever wondered what the night sky might look like without the light pollution of the city?Parisian photographer Thierry Cohen did. He traveled to regions of the world with little to no light pollution along the same axis as some of the biggest cities on the planet. He then superimposed the the silhouettes of existing cityscapes on top of the starfields he's captured to re-imagine what each city might look like without electricity. The results are stunning.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

After studying classical art in Europe, Kurt Wenner started doing chalk
paintings in the streets of Rome to finance his studies and eventually
invented an art form all his own known as anamorphic or 3D pavement art.
His new geometry allows his compositions to rise from or fall into the
ground, correcting specific distortions caused by viewing the images at
an oblique angle.

"Although I employ an arsenal of visual tools to create illusion, the
classical language of form is the most vital. Classicism is vastly
superior to other forms of realism for the creation of illusion as it is
based on human perception. Every stroke has the purpose of
communicating form and space to the viewer. My perspective technique
enables me to bring classicism into the present by creating an optical
and geometrical link between a work of art and its contemporary
surroundings."

The city of Helsinki, Finland tapped Madrid-based Lighting Design Collective to convert an old oil silo into a civic
space and light display inspired by the prevailing winds and the
movement of birds in flight to commemorate being designated the World Design Capital
of 2012. The silo’s walls were perforated with
2,012 holes that result in a mesmerizing light show in Helsinki’s
Kruunuvuorenranta district.

"The art piece will convert a disused oil silo into a wondrous light
display and a civic space. Public will gain access to the vast interior
of the 36 meter diameter 17 meter tall steel silo which will be dark red
inside. Sunlight will fill the space with dappled shadows creating a
spectacular daytime space. At night 1,250 white LEDs flicker and sway on
the surface of the silo controlled by a bespoke software mimicking
swarms of birds in flight—a reference to the silo´s seaside location.
The prevailing winds, well known to those living in Helsinki, are used
to trigger different light patterns in real time."

Ash and her husband had this fantastic The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
cake made for their wedding day, writing that "this was the one way we
could really express ourselves in the wedding without making parents go
crazy."

This piece may look like it's been
hand carved from wood, but it is in fact made entirely out of ceramic,
which makes the attention to detail of the wood effect even more
astonishing.

“Through the use of trompe l’oeil, we look closer; we rediscover the
amazement, joy, and tranquility that come from our environment. At the
same time, we witness our impermanence by evenhandedly dialing in on
decay. Neither good nor bad, decay is simply a natural process of our
world that at times can produce deeply moving and beautiful effects”

Miner Studies: Introduction to Minecraft by Jon Kay
Print Sets available for purchase from Fangamer. US$20

Do you think you know something about the wonderful world of
Minecraft? Can you build castles, mine diamonds and defend your home
from creepers? Whether you’re a beginner or just looking to brush up on
your skills, turn to the Miner’s Studies.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on the beach of Puri in
eastern Indian state Orissa’s Bhubaneswar, where master sand artist
Pattnaik, along with 30 padawans, created a record-breaking 500
Santa Clauses out of sand. It may not be the North Pole, but I still wouldn't want to be caught in a Grinch get-up inside shouting distance of this shoreline.

News:'Phonehenge West' creator jailed: When folk art and building codes collide
The builder of a fantastical fortress in the Mojave Desert has been sentenced to jail for failing to pay for the demolition of his life's work. Why art isn't sacred in the eyes of code enforcers.

In a sea of plastic USS Enterprise and Millennium Falcon model kits, models of the Doctor's TARDIS tend to be paper craft, DIY affairs or Cookie Jars, and imperfectly reflect some of the craft's more notable attributes.
Until now.

Now this is some serious Christmas bling! This necklace, which is meant to look like a series of sugar cookies, was made from polymer clay. Each "cookie" has its own theme. Top row: Elf, Gingerbread, Candy cane with a bow, Wreath on a red wall, Reindeer with tangled lights. Bottom Row: Santa Claus, Gift/Present, Candy cane background with mistletoe, Christmas Tree, Snowman (Frosty).

"This one is special :3 As some of you may already know, i'm a HUUUGE
Doctor Who fan, so, when i thought of making some new posters for this
con season i couldn't reject the idea of paying a little tribute to the
Doctor!

Here's the first one (of three) featuring the ninth
Doctor, portrayed greatly by Christopher Eccleston. Personally, i didn't
like ninth as much as i like tenth or eleven, but some of his stories
were LOTS of fun. I tried to resume the whole season in one poster but
eventually some of the stuff had to stay out of the composition (i
specially miss not drawing Jackie Tyler in her nightrobe xDD CLASSIC)
but i think i kept in the most important stuff.

Also! This poster, as well as the other two will have the amazing amazing colors of Laurakjoge,
but you'll have to wait for them since i'll post them next week, after
Madrid's Expocomic (more info on that later!). For now, hope you like
the lineart!"

In November of 2012, Colin Mika worked with Evoke Solutions to create a Holiday Christmas Card for McCarthy Tétrault LLP. "Around the Globe" contains extended and unseen footage from the McCarthy Tétrault holiday Christmas Card. "Around the Globe" was shot over two weeks in six different cities.
These cities include; Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Québec City,
Montréal and London, England. "Around the Globe" is the successor to
Snow Globe Los Angeles . It was shot using a custom DSLR rig with Macro and Tilt-Shift style
lenses with Bokeh shapes. All the effects were created in camera with
no added VFX.

"Just a coloured version of the Christmas card.. Experimenting with
colours -- not too sure this is the way I want to colour my work, it's a
bit too opaque. (But this one kinda needs to be, since it was a quick
doodle drawing I scrbbled up to send my friends barely in time before
Christmas, it didn't have any crosshatching or shading.. )"

The Atlantic has published an article entitled "Christmas Time Around The World" featuring a series of images captured by photojournalists of “different Christmas celebrations” from around the globe. It's not National Geographic, but the pictures are a fun browse.

These awesome little Christmas trees are made of colourful fungi grown in petri dishes by scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland:

“In a relatively unknown place, on the 3rd floor of JCVI in
Rockville, MD, is a small fungal room where art meets science (and of
course where all our fungal research takes place). Fungus often gets
such a bad reputation for being gross and somewhat ‘standard’. We fungal
folks know better and I am hoping to educate others with the underlying
beauty that fungi possess, in a funky way. I recognize that beauty is
in the eye of the beholder but I felt this might convince some that
fungus can be fun and not just something that grows in the back of your
fridge or a nuisance that contaminates your plates. Please enjoy these
funky fungal holiday art forms.”